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America
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Overcrowding
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Budget analysts say staff shortages, parole bottlenecks and limited capacity will stress DOC beyond limits by 2026.
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Elderly prisoners
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Rehabilitation
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There are currently 2,149 incarcerated people aged 65 or older in the state, accounting for 6.7% of the state’s total prison population of 32,265, according to data from Jenni Riehle, the public information officer for the Department of Corrections.
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Young men housed in Connecticut’s adult prisons have spent long periods in isolation, receiving almost no programming or mental health services, few visits, little recreation and frequent strip searches.
America
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Facilities
Overcrowding
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The escape of three incarcerated persons from the St. Landry Parish Jail was the result of long-neglected structural failures. The sheriff described the facility as “severely overcrowded” and suffering from years of neglect, moisture damage and unresolved maintenance issues.
United States: Los Angeles County criticized for unsafe staffing levels at reopened juvenile hall
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Minors
Material conditions
Overcrowding
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Court testimony reveals that youth are again urinating in bags and gloves due to inadequate overnight staffing at Barry J. Nidorf.
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Health
Material conditions
Facilities
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A lawsuit challenging extreme heat in a Florida prison collected temperature readings during the summer. It found brutal heat persisted day and night.
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Discipline
Mental health
Social ties
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New York’s state prison system has been in crisis since March, when a three-week guard strike ended with some 2,000 officers losing their jobs.
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Elderly prisoners
Health
Mental health
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The Trump administration will result in the closure of many rural hospitals, leaving people in the surrounding communities — including those in prisons and jails — facing elevated healthcare costs and limited access to necessary healthcare.
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Women
Justice
Violence
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In Idaho prisons, more than two dozen women say guards prey on them with little fear of consequences — and those who speak up are often punished.
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Justice
Drugs
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Amid a decade-long court battle, control of Hinds County’s Raymond Detention Center — severely understaffed and rife with violence, dysfunction and inhumane conditions — is now under the control of a court-appointed administrator.
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Elderly prisoners
Health
Facilities
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United States prison population is growing older at a pace that some experts say is unsustainable.
United States: as prisons deal with heat waves, climate crisis makes abolition even more urgent
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Material conditions
Facilities
Social ties
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While the planet continues to warm, conditions in prisons, and specifically in solitary confinement, continue to worsen.
Crises
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Justice
Social ties
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Staffing shortages at New York prisons have worsened, morale among guards remains low and the lives of incarcerated people are still disrupted six months after a wildcat prison strike ended.
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Women
Health
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It truly is a man’s world, even in a women’s prison. In an environment where nothing is private, even the most basic aspects of personal care become luxuries. For incarcerated women, managing a menstrual cycle is not just a routine part of life — it is often a monumental struggle.
Guantánamo: what torture does to people
Testimonial
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Justice
Death penalty
Torture
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Mohamedou Ould Slahi spent 14 years in Guantánamo, enduring torture, humiliation and degrading treatment. He came to share his story at Concertina alongside Sylvain Savolainen, a lawyer who became his friend.
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Women
Material conditions
Overcrowding
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With Vermont’s prisons reaching capacities they haven’t hit since the onset of COVID-19, Vermont Department of Corrections officials are grappling with how to handle the influx of people incarcerated.
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Justice
Violence
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Four prison guards pleaded guilty in the death of a black incarcerated man whose brutal beating at an upstate New York prison was captured on bodycam videos.
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Justice
Rehabilitation
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Encouraged by Trump, some lawmakers are championing cash bail, undercutting reforms that advocates say made the system fairer for poor people.
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Health
Material conditions
Facilities
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All state prison living units will, in theory, have chilled air for our triple-digit summers by 2032. Until then, we sweat.
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Women
Justice
Mental health
Violence
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Seven women filed federal lawsuits against correctional officers and internal investigators at Logan Correctional Center. Their attorney Elizabeth Payne calls the pattern of sexual abuse “an epidemic.”